Fishing Report

[bigredbirdfan]

I was off work unpaid for two days so I decided to spend them fishing on Taney. Didn't get to the lake until the heat of the day wednesday at 2:00 and started off working the landing area where I managed to pick up a half dozen or so fish (12-14 inches)on jigs. I proceeded to lookout where I stayed until 7:00 and picked up probably another half dozen fish(12-14 inches). All on a rather light colored scuplin jig. Another boat was pitching what they called sculpin pumpkin. Never seen such a thing for sale before. I have had really good luck on a light green and olive jig and the same with ginger called a tri colored jig. I wish someone would stock them on the water so I won't have to get them shipped to me. As a side note round headed jigs catch far less fish than the ones with slightly flattend or the best which are a special oblongated mold, but again you must order those from white river zig jigs. By far the best jigs period.

Day two I went to lookout and drifted it three to four times picking up 5-6 nice fish on a green and olive sculpin jig 1/8 oz from Lilley's then around 10:30 that bite dropped off and I motored up the the hatchery area and fished 1/50 oz jig and float with 9' of flurcarbon leader. The water level started to drop and nine feet was too much. I went down past fall creek and jig fished in spots back to the landing where I picked up about 25 fish. All in all good fighting good quality eating fish although I released them all. Nothing of really big size but big thick chunks. You have to be willing to switch jig colors but you must be willing to stick with one for a while as well. Did not try white because I was doing well with others. I hope this helps.

As a side note I caught my first brown on taney last month 17 inches on a white jig. Tremedously rewarding experience.

[zander]

nice size brown for your first. You always remember your first child, your first wife, and your first brown

[bigredbirdfan]

nice size brown for your first. You always remember your first child, your first wife, and your first brown

thanks, first one on taney. many on the white river. hopefully more to come.

[Phil Lilley]

You're talking about last week, right?

[Phil Lilley]

Pumpkin Sculpin could be sculpin and orange marabou combo or is it one particular color...

[bigredbirdfan]

You're talking about last week, right?

My recent trip was last two days. My brown was actually end of march.

On the jigs I would guess them as green and olive by the way they looked wet. Those are the ones they wouldn't stay off of. I will try to post a pic of the ones I would like to see made.

[hillbillyflyshack]

Next time you're down stop in Lilley's and check out his jigs. Has most any color and size combination you can imagine as well as the heads you mentioned.